Thursday in Arkansas

Legislature: One meeting will be held jointly in northwest Arkansas:

Time	Committee	Place	Agenda
9:00 a.m.	Education & Facilities Oversight	NW Arkansas	Click here

Governor Beebe: 11:30 a.m.: Governor Beebe addresses the Manufacturing Matters Annual Conference Luncheon (LR Doubletree)

Elsewhere:
Caldwell: Cotton Pickin' Festival
Fort Smith: Arkansas-Oklahoma State Fair
Eureka Springs: 2nd Annual Artists' Studio Tour
Little Rock: Reception for Arkansas House Democrats (5:30 p.m., Oyster Bar)
Searcy: White County Republican Committee (Rep. Greenberg speaking)
Clinton School: Michael Duffy, co-author of the Billy Graham biography, "The Preacher and the Presidents" (12:00 p.m., Sturgis Hall, LR)

12:00 p.m.:Opportunities, Inc. Board Meeting
1:15 p.m.: Ribbon cutting at St. Michael Home Care (1400 College Dr.)
7:00 p.m.: Board of Adjustment Meeting (Arkansas City Hall)

Washington Post: Increase in war funding sought
Washington Post: Democratic rivals press Clinton, courteously
New York Times: Blackwater tops all firms in Iraq in shooting rate
Stephens DC Bureau: Huckabee's claim of black support questioned
Stephens DC Bureau: Invesgation sought over LRAFB housing problem
Associated Press: More than $800K coming to 2 Ark. cities for abstinence ed.

Dallas Morning News: More than 1,000 protest Irving's rise in deportations
Memphis Commercial Appeal: More on Tuesday's air traffic outage
Shreveport Times: Jena Six case to be decided in juvenile court, Blanco says
Tulsa World: State plants to help with British Airways' large Boeing 787 order

Arkansas Democrat Gazette: State unfairly taxing bonds, lawsuit alleges
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Coin machines appear illegal, prosecutor says
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: LR hotel setting stage for guests once more
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Central events a draw, tourism boss says
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: UA specialists help farmers see bean rust
Ark. News Bureau: Lawmakers discuss ways To stop districts from failing
Ark. News Bureau: Green Party submits signatures to get on 2008 ballot
Ark. News Bureau: Grant to support plant, nanoscience research at 3 universities
Ark. News Bureau: Kentucky death penalty challenge being watched in Arkansas
Associated Press: Wal-Mart expands $4 generic Rx program by 10%

Arkansas Leader: PCSSD seeking judicial release
Baxter Bulletin: Respondents back proposed lottery by 4-to-1 vote
Benton County Daily Record: Hutchinson praised for diligence
Piggott Times: Rally set to mark return of local Guardsmen
Texarkana Gazette: Power plant proposal: waiting game

Texarkana Gazette: Trash talk
Max Brantley: Ethics, schmethics
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: What needed to be said
Ernie Dumas: An Orval Faubus social
John Brummett: What we mean when we say we're sorry
John Brummett II: Scholarly, but off the wall
Arkansas Leader: The real face of Arkansas
NWA Morning News: Our freedoms allow others to speak
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: The way to peace
Benton Courier political cartoon